Senior Engineer - Ind. Traffic Safety

• Plant Traffic & Flow Layout Design • Internal Routing & Mapping: Design and optimize indoor and outdoor traffic routing plans that cleanly separate heavy machinery, material handling equipment (MHE), and pedestrian walkways. • Expansion Impact Studies: Conduct "Internal Traffic Impact Studies" ahead of any plant expansions, new production line installations, or area re-layouts to predict and eliminate bottleneck hazards and new conflict points. Risk Assessment & Conflict Analysis • Floor-Level Conflict Mapping: Map and analyze blind spots, high-traffic intersections, and loading dock zones where vehicles and pedestrians cross paths. • Near-Miss Data Analytics: Maintain and evaluate log data related to vehicular & pedestrian traffic alerts and surveillance cameras to proactively identify high-risk zones before an injury occurs. Infrastructure & Technology Implementation • Zoning & Signage: Mandate and oversee the installation of physical traffic control infrastructure, including bollards, impact-resistant barriers, specialized floor striping, overhead convex mirrors, and digital warning signage. • Smart Safety Integration: Evaluate advanced safety tech, such as proximity warning sensors, pedestrian-detection cameras on industrial vehicles, automatic speed-limiting zones, and smart interlocking gates at pedestrian crossings. Budgeting & Financial Management • OPEX Control: Develop and manage the annual Operational Expenditure (OPEX) budget allocated for traffic safety maintenance, including floor re-striping, replacement of safety signage, protective bollard repairs etc. • ROI Forecasting: Prepare cost-benefit analyses and Return on Investment (ROI) forecasts for traffic safety investments, demonstrating how reducing near-misses and optimizing internal flows directly mitigates financial losses from material damage and operational downtime. CAPEX Project Management • Capital Planning: Author, justify, and submit Capital Expenditure (CAPEX) proposals for large-scale site traffic overhauls (e.g., implementing site-wide Industrial vehicle networks, installing electronic pedestrian-gate interlocking systems, or major outdoor parking lot/yard redesigns). • Project Execution: Act as the primary stakeholder or project manager for traffic-related CAPEX projects, overseeing contractors from engineering design through to final commissioning and safety sign-off. External Liaison & TIS Coordination • TIS Consultant Management: Serve as the internal single point of contact (SPOC) for external Traffic Impact Study (TIS) consultants during major site expansions, new plant construction, or changes to municipal highway access points. • Internal Data Provision: Coordinate the collection of internal plant data (e.g., peak-hour freight truck volumes, shift-change worker commute data, delivery schedules) to supply external consultants with accurate inputs for their traffic simulation models. • Regulatory Alignment: Partner with the external TIS consultants to represent the facility in front of local municipal authorities, Department of Transportation (DOT) officials, and planning boards to secure building permits and right-of-way approvals as and when required. Be familiar with any other regulatory requirement if applicable. Audits, Compliance & Training • Safety Audits: Conduct formal, routine Traffic Safety Audits across all shifts, ensuring compliance with OSHA, ISO 45001, and other corporate safety protocols. • Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs): Author plant-wide traffic rules (e.g., right-of-way rules, docking procedures, speed limits) and collaborate with HR/Training teams to embed these rules into employee and visitor inductions. AUTHORITY/ DECISION MAKING: • Layout Approvals & Rejections: Provide mandatory sign-off on all proposed factory floor layouts, facility modifications, and new equipment installations regarding their spatial traffic impact. • Mandate Safety Infrastructure: Dictate the required placement and budget allocation for physical barriers, lane markings, and technology within the plant CAPEX projects. • Consultant Selection: Review bids, interview, and select preferred external TIS consulting firms and traffic-safety contractors for site projects. • Any decision that prevents the system to fail can be taken by the job holder, whilst remaining within the scope of their responsibility (e.g. “Stop-work authority for unsafe traffic layouts”, Authority to reject non-compliant CAPEX designs”. • The job holder works independently and keeps the Departmental Management updated and consults in decision making, financials, approvals, signing of contracts. • Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree in engineering/science or Minimum Experience: • 5–8 years of experience in traffic management, with hands-on experience in the UAE. Must have a solid grasp of UAE traffic laws and local transport regulations Technical Skills: • Risk Assessment Frameworks: Mastery of Job Safety Analysis (JSA), Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (FMEA), and Hazard Identification methodologies applied to traffic environments. • Regulatory Knowledge: Thorough knowledge of Safety management systems, knowledge of auditing system design & implementation, international Health & safety standards and general knowledge of legal aspects in relation to traffic safety. • Root-Cause Analysis: A methodical mindset capable of looking past "human error" to diagnose systemic engineering flaws in a layout when traffic incidents occur. • Excellent interpersonal and customer focused skills. • Excellent time management and priority setting skills.